Cup-holder



J. SUTHERLAN-D. CUP HOLDER.

No. 443,949. Patented Dec. 30, 189 0.

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ATENT JAMES SU"IIERLAND, OF HONOLULU, HAVAII.

CUP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,949, dated December30, 1890.

Application filed May 24, 1890. Serial No.353,024. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, J AMES SUTHERLAND, of Honolulu, Hawaii, haveinvented a new and Improved Cup-Holder, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved holder,which is simple and durable in construction and especially designed tosecurely hold cups, glasses, &c., to the table on board of a ship incase the latter is rolling or pitching.

The invention consists of a ring adapted to receive acup, anda U shapedspring-clamp formed thereon at right angles and adapted to engage therail of the table.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the same as applied, the table being in section.Fig. 3 is a front View of the improvement, and Fig. 4 is a like view ofthe same with parts of the spring-clamp removed.

The improved cup-holder A is preferably made of one single piece ofsteel wire, which is formed into a ring B and a spring-clamp B, of whichthe former is adapted to receive the cup, glass, or other article, andthe springclamp is adapted to pass over the rail of the table to firmlyfasten the holder and the cup or glass supported in it onto the table,thus preventing movement of the cup across the table in case the ship isrolling or pitching. The ring B is composed of two circular layers C andD, formed of the middle part of the wire of which the holder is cut, oneend of the upper layer 0 being formed into a downwardly-extendingU-shaped arm E, terminating in one end of the other layer D, as isplainly shown in Fig. 4. The other ends of the layers D and 0 continuein upwardlyextending bars F and G, terminating in coilsprings H and 1,respectively, and from which extend downward the rods J and K,respectively, arranged about parallel with the bars F and G, previouslymentioned. From the lower ends of the rods J and K extend outward armsL, united in the middle, so as to close the ends of the wire. The arms Lform a convenient handle for pressing the springclamp B onto the rail ofthe table, or for loosening the same, so as to conveniently remove theholder when desired. The lower ends of the rods J and K extend about inline with the lower end of the arm E, and when the holder is applied, asillustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the said arm E rests on the inside of therail of the table, while the rods J and K press against the outside ofthe said rail, so as to conveniently hold the holder in place. It isunderstood that the springs H and I have the tendency to draw the rods Jand K toward the arm E, so as to form a strong clamp for the ring B.

It will be seen that the cup, glass, or other receptacle can beconveniently inserted in the ring B or removed from the same when everdesired without removing the cup-holder A, applied to the table in themanner previously described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let-- ters Patent, is-

1. A holder fordrinking-vessels, consisting in a horizontally-extendingvessel-receiving ring having a vertically-extending downwardopeningclamp on its rear side out of the path of the entering vessel,projecting below the ring at its lower open end and provided at itslower end with a handle, substantially as set forth.

2. A cup-holder made of a single piece of spring-wire and consisting ofa' ring made of two layers, and a spring-clamp having an arm extendingdownward from the said rings, bars extending upward from the said rings,springs formed on the said bars, and downwardly-extending rods extendingfrom the said springs, substantially as shown and described.

3. A cup-holder made of a single piece of spring-wire and consisting ofa ring made of ends of the said rods, substantially as shown (we layers,and a spring-clamp having an arm and described.

extending downward from the said rings, I 1 T bars extending upward fromthe said rings, Lungs SUJ'HERLAL 5 springs formed on the said bars,downward- \Vitnesses:

ly-extending rods extending from the said J. M. MONSARRAT,

springs, and a handle formed on the lower P. SILVA.

